Senate President David Mark on Wednesday advised northern governors to urgently ban the almajiri system in their states.
Mark gave the advice in Abuja during debates on the Bill for an Act to re-enact the trafficking in persons (prohibition) Act, which scaled through the second reading in Abuja.
He blamed the governors for encouraging the almajiri system, adding that it was “counter-productive’’ and had continued to undermine the development of the northern states.
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